A Bethlehem woman who police say failed to properly secure her young child in a car seat, fled a crash and hid from police with the infant on the rail trail paths Friday in Hellertown, according to court records.

Quiani Melia Lopez, 20, of the 500 block of West Fourth Street in Bethlehem, was involved in a crash at 12:57 p.m. Friday in the 100 block of Front Street in Hellertown, authorities say.

Police called to the intersection found a black Honda coupe with heavy front-end damage and airbag deployment empty on the road. A child seat, not attached to anything in the car, was observed in the backseat tilted toward the driver's side door, police say.

Witnesses said the female driver of the Honda allegedly grabbed her baby from the car seat and ran east toward Main and Walnut streets, yelling, "My baby! My baby!"

Court records say police investigating the crash found a burnt marijuana joint on the driver side floor and bags of pot and marijuana joints elsewhere in the vehicle, which authorities say was not insured.

Police found Lopez with her baby boy a short time later on the rails to trails path, where she was allegedly hiding from police. The baby suffered a facial injury from not being strapped properly in the car seat, according to court records.

Police sent the baby to St. Luke's University Hospital in Fountain Hill for treatment of his bruised forehead and to rule out any other potential injuries.

Lopez was arraigned before District Judge Patricia Romig-Passaro on charges of endangering the welfare of a child, accidents in involving personal injury, possession of a small amount of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, driving with a suspended license, accidents involving damage, careless driving, failure to properly restrain a passenger and failure to have a vehicle insured.